Monetary Unions and hard pegs

effects on trade, financial development, and stability

Eds. Volbert Alexander, Jacques Mélitz, George M. Von Furstenberg This book analyses formal approaches to overcoming monetary divisions within countries and within integrating regions, focusing on the consequences of monetary union for trade among union members and their financial development and stability ÍNDICE:PART I ...

A business guide to EU enlargement

trade and investment opportunities in Europe and the accession states

This important new book looks dispassionately at the overall enlargement process and at each individual accession state and provides a clear assessment of the opportunities and difficulties presented to these countries and their business partners by their joining the EU. It is written in a ...

Multinational finance

Multinational Finance is an authoritative and comprehensive description of the theory and practice of international finance and its management. This fifth edition builds on the strengths of previous editions, offering a user-friendly guide to the subject that moves through the basics to the advanced with ...

Pies de barro

la decadencia de los Estados Unidos de América

Pies de Barro trata de mostras el proceso de deterioro social y económico que están sufriendo en Estados Unidos de América desde la agudización de la Guerra Fría en los años setenta. La Guerra Fría fue como el choque de dos placas tectónicas que produjo ...

International conflict and the global economy

The relationship between the global economy and national segurity has been and enduring source of interest and debate. This volume contains a set of pioneering studies that paved the way for contemporary work on the political economy of national security as well as some more ...

Comercio exterior agrario

fundamentos y análisis

España en Europa, 1945-2000

del ostracismo a la modernidad

Situarse a la altura de los primeros países de Europa, integrarse en sus organismos y contribuir a la construcción europea; éstos han sido los objetivos prioritarios de España a lo largo de los cambios formidables que ha experimentado desde los años del ostracismo en la ...

Otro mundo es posible si...

Nunca como hasta ahora se ha intentado democratizar el espacio internacional o asegurar una existencia digna a todos los habitantes de la Tierra. Estos objetivos ya no son utópicos, sino posibilidades prácticas, de ahí la declaración de que otro mundo es posible: porque realmente lo ...

Biotech industry

a global, economic, and financing overview

Provides a thorough look at the current state of the biotechnology industry, including where major research is being conducted, where it#s being applied, and where money and intellectual capital are flowing. Written by a renowned business columnist and an entrepreneurial scientist in the biotech ...

Emerging markets

lessons for business success and the outlook for different markets

As growth has slowed in the developed world and the forces that have les to globalisation gather pace, more and more companies are seeking to do business en emerging markets, which offer enormous opportunities. This book aims to help them to succeed and to identify ...

R&D, innovation and competitivness in the european chemical industry

R&D, Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Chemical Industry explores the science & technology base and the dynamic performance of the European "system of innovation" in the chemical industry, with particular attention to its contribution to economic growth through innovation and competitiveness, and its ability to translate its research into commercially useful products. It also analyses the forces that encourage the diffusion of chemical innovations on downstream user industries and among large and small firms. The studies presented in this book represent an analysis of the issues and questions raised by the Green Paper on Innovation presented by the European Commission, for the specific case of the European chemical industry. R&D, Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Chemical Industry will be of interest to industry and government experts related to the chemical industry, scholars; both faculty and graduate students interested in growth, corporate strategy and the management of innovation.

Ecological sensitivity and global legal pluralism

rethinking the trade and environment conflict

The tension between trade liberalisation and environmental protection has received remarkable attention since the establishment of the WTO. It has been the subject of a wide-ranging debate, and is one of the central themes of the anti-globalisation movement. This book explores that debate. It argues ...

Developing strategies for international business

the WRAP Process

Reliance on opportunism is a high-risk strategy in global business, yet many companies operate this way, often acting on limited amounts of information. Equally, many other companies implement strategies based on models formulated in the teaching rooms of business schools or the back recesses of ...

The price of the Euro

This volume presents a critical examination of the EMU from different perspectives. It includes essays on the political economy of currency unions, on the Growth and Stability pact, the European Central Bank, an evaluation of the first four years of the EMU, and the costs ...

The European Union encyclopedia and directory 2005

This nine volume set of regularly revised titles provides in-depth analysis of all the regions of the world.

Empirical methods in international trade

essays in honor of Mordechai Kreinin

Internationalization of the world economy has made trade a key factor in the growth potential of nearly every nation#s economy. Hence, economists have become increasingly interested in the determinants of international trade and competitiveness. Empirical Methods in International Trade captures the many aspects of ...

An agenda for a growing Europe

the Sapir report

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth performance. This book ...

When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh...

cultural Q&As for successful business behavior around the World

From the boardroom to the locker room to the living room#how winners become winners . . . and stay that way. Is success simply a matter of money and talent? Or is there another reason why some people and organizations always land on their feet, while others ...

El comercio justo en España 2004

situaciones y perspectivas

INDICE: Agradecimientos. Presentación. Prólogo. I. Comercio justo: una cuestión de ética. II. El sello FLO: la certificación de productos de comercio justo. III. El comercio justo en España 2000-2003. IV. Comercio justo y administraciones públicas. V. La responsabilidad social corporativa y el comercio justo. Anexos.

Venezuela más allá de Chávez

crónicas sobre el 'Proceso Bolivariano'